{"id":50,"date":"2015-04-17T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfredogarcia.com\/english\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2019-11-03T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T10:15:22","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alfredogarcia.com\/english\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ inner_shadow=”on” fullwidth=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” disabled_on=”on|off|off” admin_label=”section” module_class=”AYOUR-CSS_CLASS” _builder_version=”4.0.4″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_image=”https:\/\/alfredogarcia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/06\/AAlfredo11-3e.jpg” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”THE BIOGRAPHY” text_orientation=”center” header_fullscreen=”on” header_scroll_down=”on” scroll_down_icon=”%%1%%” admin_label=”T\u00edtulo de anchura completa” module_class=”AYOUR-CSS_CLASS” _builder_version=”3.16″ title_font_size=”46″ content_font=”Old Standard TT|on|||” content_font_size=”17″ background_color=”rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)” parallax=”on” button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_one_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_two_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”]\n

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Alfredo Garcia was the baritone who astounded with his vocal quality, <\/span><\/p>\n

expressiveness and impeccable diction..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Opera World<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ inner_shadow=”on” fullwidth=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” disabled_on=”off|on|on” admin_label=”section” module_class=”AYOUR-CSS_CLASS” _builder_version=”4.0.4″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_image=”https:\/\/alfredogarcia.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Alfredo11-3eb.jpg” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” hover_enabled=”0″ transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”THE BIOGRAPHY” text_orientation=”center” header_fullscreen=”on” header_scroll_down=”on” scroll_down_icon=”%%1%%” admin_label=”T\u00edtulo de anchura completa” module_class=”AYOUR-CSS_CLASS” _builder_version=”4.0.4″ title_font_size=”46″ content_font=”Old Standard TT|on|||” content_font_size=”17″ parallax=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_one_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_two_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” background_enable_color=”off”]\n

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Alfredo Garcia was the baritone who astounded with his vocal quality, <\/span><\/p>\n

expressiveness and impeccable diction..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Opera World<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

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Alfredo Garc\u00eda, baritone<\/h2>\n

Born in Madrid, he obtained his musical education both at Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid and at Vienna’s Hochschule. Alfredo has received several recognitions like the Premio Amigos de la \u00d3pera de Madrid and the Gonz\u00e1lez Guerrero Award to the Best baritone Voice. He has also been awarded by the Austrian Government.<\/p>\n

He has performed with an impressive range of internationally renowned orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Dresdner Philhamonie, the Israel Philharmonic, the Athens State Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Hungary, or the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at very prestigious Venues as the Lincoln Center in Nueva York, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, the Smolarz Auditorium in Tel-Aviv, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo and Mozarteum in Salzburgo. Alfredo has also performed at the Festival of Tanglewood or the Festival Internacional Cervantino in M\u00e9xico.
\nAlfredo Garc\u00eda has sung under conductors Rafael Fr\u00fc\ufffchbeck de Burgos, Michel Corboz, Semyon Bychkov, Juanjo Mena, Marzio Conti and Jonas Alber.
\nIn Spain he has sung with the most prominent orchestras: the Orquesta Nacional de Espa\u00f1a, the Orquesta of RTVE, the Sinf\u00f3nica de Madrid, the ORCAM, the ROS in Sevilla, the Sinf\u00f3nica de Asturias, the Sinf\u00f3nica de Tenerife and Enigma.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_toggle title=”PREMIERES” admin_label=”Estrenos” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

El Barberillo de Lavapi\u00e9s <\/strong>de Barbieri. Estreno en la ciudad de Viena.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00d3pera Il Prigioniero<\/strong> de Dallapicolla. Estreno en Espa\u00f1a en el Teatro de la Maestranza.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00d3pera El Caballero de la Triste Figura\u00a0<\/strong>de Tom\u00e1s Marco. Estreno absoluto en\u00a0Espa\u00f1a y en Mexico.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sinfon\u00eda del Fuoco<\/strong>\u00a0de Pizzetti. Estreno en Espa\u00f1a. Auditorio Nacional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00d3pera Don Giovanni<\/strong>\u00a0de Gazzaniga. Estreno en Espa\u00f1a.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00d3pera Pensares de Rocinante<\/strong> de Jos\u00e9 Buenagu. Estreno absoluto, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cantata Am\u00e9rica<\/strong> de Jos\u00e9 Buenagu. Estreno absoluto. Colombia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cantata Poems in Prose<\/strong> de Miguel Pons. Estreno absoluto Grabaci\u00f3n para el sello Verso y la fundaci\u00f3n BBVA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00d3pera El Acomodador<\/strong> de Javier Jacinto, estreno absoluto en Espa\u00f1a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trois nocturnes par la mort de Dieu <\/strong>de Jos\u00e9 Zarate. Estreno en la Fundaci\u00f3n Juan March.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”CONDUCTORS” admin_label=”Directores” _builder_version=”3.19.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

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Rafael Fr\u00fchbeck de Burgos<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Michel Corboz<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Juanjo Mena<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Antoni Ros Marb\u00e0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00c1ngel Gil-Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Manuel Hern\u00e1ndez Silva<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jonas Alber<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Encinar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Yaron Traub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Juan Luis Mart\u00ednez<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Maximiano Vald\u00e9s<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Crist\u00f3bal Halffter<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Juanjo Olives<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Marzio Conti<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Pedro Halffter<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Luis Castillo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Juan Luis Mart\u00ednez<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Andr\u00e9s Salado<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Moreno<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Adrian Leaper<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Santiago Serrate<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ces\u00e1reo Costa<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Manuel Coves<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”ORCHESTRAS” admin_label=”Orquestas” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

New York Philharmonic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Boston Symphony Orchestra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Los Angeles Philharmonic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BBC Philharmonic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Denmark Radio Orchestra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Athens State Orchestra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta Metropolitana de Lisboa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta y Coro Nacional de Espa\u00f1a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta y Coro de RTVE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Madrid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta de Valencia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de Gran Canaria<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Real Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Sevilla<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica del Principado de Asturias<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Real Filharmon\u00eda de Galicia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta Enigma<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Orquesta de C\u00f3rdoba<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”THEATERS” admin_label=”Salas” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica de Madrid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatro Monumental (Madrid)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wiener Kammeroper (Viena)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center (Nueva York)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatro Ju\u00e1rez (Guanajuato, M\u00e9xico)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Festival de Tanglewood (Boston)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sala Mare a Palatului (Bucarest)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatro Auditorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Palau de la M\u00fasica de Valencia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Museo Guggemheim (Bilbao)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatro L\u00f3pe de Vega (Sevilla)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Radio Cl\u00e1sica (RNE)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bridgewater Hall (Manchester)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kultur Palast (Dresde)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Athens Concert Hall (Atenas)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Koncertsalen (Copenhague)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Koncertsalen (Malm\u00f6)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Auditorio Alfredo Kraus (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatro Mayor de Bogot\u00e1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Walt Disney Cocert Hall (Los Angeles)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Auditorio de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Auditorio de Zaragoza<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teatros del Canal (Madrid)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Auditorio Pr\u00edncipe de Asturias (Oviedo)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”DEDICATED WORKS” admin_label=”OBRAS DEDICADAS” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” border_style=”solid”]\n

\u00d3pera Tenorio<\/strong> by Tom\u00e1s Marco<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Poema “Al que cant\u00f3 le fue concedido”<\/strong>\u00a0by the writer \u00a0Clara Jan\u00e9s<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Canci\u00f3n “El precio”<\/strong> by Consuelo D\u00edez<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Canci\u00f3n de Dulcinea<\/strong> by Javier Jacinto<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Canci\u00f3n “De Castilla”<\/strong> by Javier Jacinto<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AOS<\/strong> by Jos\u00e9 Buenagu<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Voice Prints <\/b>by Helena Palma<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Texto” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

Alfredo Garc\u00eda has played the role of Cavaliere Belfiore in Verdi\u2019s Un Giorno di Regno\u00a0with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra in Budapest. He has performed at the Austrian premiere of El Barberillo de Lavapi\u00e9s\u00a0by Barbieri (at the Kammeroper of Vienna); Das Traumfreserchen\u00a0by Hiller at the Wiener Staatsoper; Albert Herring by Britten with the Neu Opern Wien; and the role of Emilio in Nino Rota\u2019s Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze\u00a0at the Wiener Kammeroper. He has recorded on several occasions for the ORF Austrian Television. As soloist he has performed Lied Recitals at the Wierner Festwochen Festival.<\/p>\n

Alfredo Garc\u00eda has played the main role, Don Quixote, in the worldwide premiere of the Opera El Caballero de la Triste Figura\u00a0under the Musical Director Jod\u00e9 de Eusebio. The premiere took place at the Festival Internacional Cervantino of M\u00e9xico. Moreover he has played a role composed specifically for his voice,”Don Juan”, in the premier of the Opera Tenorio by Tom\u00e1s Marco. It is also worth mentioning his participation in the Spanish premiere of the Opera Lazaro by Crist\u00f3bal\u00a0Halffter, which he has performed at the Athens Concert Hall in Athens as well.<\/p>\n

He has premiered in Spain the Opera Il Prigioniero by Dallapicolla.<\/p>\n

His current repertoire includes the following roles: Guglielmo \u00a0(Cos\u00ec Fan Tutte by Mozart), Pasquariello\u00a0 (Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga, at the Spanish premiere), Mauregato (Alfonso und Estrella by Schubert at the Spanish premiere), Papageno (Die Zauberfl\u00f6te by Mozart), Belcore (L\u2019Elisir D\u2019Amore\u00a0by Donizetti), Count Gil (Il\u00a0 Segretto di Susanna by Wolf-Ferrari), Il Prigioniero (Il Prigioniero by Dallapiccola at the Spanish premiere) y L\u00e1zaro (L\u00e1zaro, by Crist\u00f3bal Halffter).<\/p>\n

Garc\u00eda has performed for the Spanish \u2018Radio Cl\u00e1sica\u2019, \u2018Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a\u2019, and \u2018Television Espa\u00f1ola\u2019 as well as the Austrian Radio ORF.<\/p>\n

Among his recordings several CDs of Spanish Songs by contemporary composers must be highlighted. This recordings have been made for the Fundaci\u00f3n Autor and the SGAE. He has also recorded a CD with Miguel Pons\u2019s works for the Fundaci\u00f3n BBVA. He is currently preparing the recording of Cervantine songs for the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid.\u00a0He has recently recorded Falla’s work “Master Peter’s Puppet Show” in New York for Naxos.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”0|||” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0|” make_fullwidth=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Texto” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” border_style=”solid”]

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